# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 820296829 0
# Node ID 5738406d67590755977b1a53e5086cc5bdd256cc
# Parent  f85887dfe06c856bdd8c7205e6750de512f75440
[project @ 1995-12-30 04:12:43 by jwe]

diff --git a/Makeconf.in b/Makeconf.in
--- a/Makeconf.in
+++ b/Makeconf.in
@@ -257,12 +257,10 @@
 	fi
 	@mv $@.tmp $@
 
-define SUBDIR_FOR_COMMAND
-for dir in $(SUBDIRS); \
-do \
-  echo making $@ in $$dir; \
-  cd $$dir; \
-  $(MAKE) $@; \
-  cd ..; \
-done
+define do-subdir-for-command
+echo making $@ in $d; cd $d; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..;
 endef
+
+define subdir-for-command
+$(foreach d, $(SUBDIRS), $(do-subdir-for-command))
+endef
diff --git a/libcruft/Makefile.in b/libcruft/Makefile.in
--- a/libcruft/Makefile.in
+++ b/libcruft/Makefile.in
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 .PHONY: check
 
 install uninstall clean mostlyclean distclean maintainer-clean::
-	$(SUBDIR_FOR_COMMAND)
+	@$(subdir-for-command)
 
 install::
 	$(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(libdir)
diff --git a/octMakefile.in b/octMakefile.in
--- a/octMakefile.in
+++ b/octMakefile.in
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 	@echo ""
 
 install uninstall tags TAGS clean mostlyclean distclean maintainer-clean::
-	$(SUBDIR_FOR_COMMAND)
+	@$(subdir-for-command)
 .PHONY: install uninstall tags clean mostlyclean distclean maintainer-clean
 
 maintainer-clean distclean::
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.in b/scripts/Makefile.in
--- a/scripts/Makefile.in
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.in
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 .PHONY: $(SUBDIRS)
 
 install uninstall clean mostlyclean distclean maintainer-clean::
-	$(SUBDIR_FOR_COMMAND)
+	@$(subdir-for-command)
 .PHONY: install uninstall clean mostlyclean distclean maintainer-clean
 
 install::